Cycle-stand.



PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

G. E. SINGLETON. CYCLE STAND.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-6.1907.

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UNITE STATES entrena* ernten CYCLE-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed March 6, 1907. Serial No. 360,940.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLIFTON E. SINGLETON, a citizen ol the United States, residing at the borough of Brooklyn, in the city oi New York and State oi New York, have invented certain new and useiul Improvements in Oyc'fle-Stands, ol which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to that class oi cycle stands which holds the cycle in an erect position by providing suitable rests i'or the ends oi the rear axle; and my improvements consist in the particulars hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings Figures l and 3 are respectively a side view and a iront view oi the stand, opened, and with the hub of a cycle supported therein; and Figs. 2 and 4 are respectively a side view and a iront view oi the stand showing it closed together, the broken lines in Fig. 4 indicating the changed positions of the parts when the irame is sprung apart to admit the hub of the wheel. In Fig. l the leit hand leg A'is partially broken away to show the connection`ot the loop and stay rod, and in Fig. /lthe loops are shown partially in section ior the same purpose.

Similar letters oi reference designate similar parts in all the figures.

The legs A A are lastened'in pairs to base stretchers B B, and are secured at their tops by pivots a a to the axle-holders or heads O O. Two pair ot braces D D are attached by pivots Il d to the legs A A, their upper ends being connected by the pivot pins e e which slide in the slots c c in the lower ends of the heads (l O.

The upper ends of the stay rods F F are passed through holes in the heads O and are secured by nuts ff, beneath which are, preferably, washers f/ f/ which overlap the ends oi the legs A A and grip the same firmly when the stand is opened. The lower ends oi these stay rods F F pass into loops b b riveted to the base stretcher B, and are adjustably secured therein by nuts y g. i

Normally, when the stand is closed as in Figs. 2 and 4, these stay rods are slack and the nuts g g are some distance below the tops oi the loops b b. In this position the composite sides oi the stand will not be rigid, but can easily be sprung out, as indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 4, so as to allow the ends oi the rear axle to be slipped into the holes O/ O therein. But when the leg members are then spread apart, as shown in Fig. l, the distance between the loops b b and the bearings oi the upper ends of the rods F F in the heads O O will be lengthened, taking up the slack, and bringing the nuts g g up under the tops of the loops b ib, thereby drawing the tops of the frame members in against the ends of the cycle hub and anchoring them securely against lateral displacement. Adjustment oi the stay rods F F can be secured by the nuts f f and g g.

The toggle-jointed connection oi the braces D D with the bottom oi the heads O O serves to spread the legs equally, to each side oi the heads, when they are opened, which is necessary to secure the proper operation oi the device.

The greater the weight of the cycle the more securely will it be gripped in the stand, ior the weight will keep the legs spread and efectually prevent the accidental iolding up oi the irame and slackening oi the stay rods F F. This is particularly important when the stand is used to support a motor cycle, for which purpose it is particularly designed; because, as is well known, it is customary to test the motor while the cycle is in the stand, and not infrequently to mount the cycle in testing it; and any accidental loosening oi the cycle from the stand at such a time would be apt to cause serious damage.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ol the United States is l. In a cycle stand, the combination of a folding frame provided with a laterally movable axle-bearing, and means actuated by the opening of the frame to front and rear to clamp said axle-bearing against outward lateral movement.

2. In a cycle stand, the combination of a pair of frames each embodying a base and axle-bearing spring-arms rigidly attached thereto and adapted by means of their elasticity to be sprung apart to admit a cycle axle between them and to retract themselves to grasp said axle, and means, actuated by the spreading apart of said frames, to clamp said spring-arms against outward movement.

In a cycle stand, the combination of a pair of folding, iiexible side-members provided with axle-bearings, and releasable means actuated by the opening of said side members to front and back to hold said side frames against outward lateral movement.

4. In a cycle stand, the combination of a pair of axlebearing heads, a pair' of flexible side-members pivoted thereto, a spreader medially connected with. one of said axle-bearing heads and having its ends engaging with said side members for spreading said members equally to front and rear of said heads, and means for holdingthe same against outward lateral movement.

In a cycle stand, the combination of a pair of axlebearing heads, a pair of flexible side-members pivoted thereto, a jointed spreader having an end engaging with each of said side members and medially in sliding connection with one of said axle-bearing heads for spreading said side members equally to either side of said heads, and means consisting of adjustable truss rods for holding the same against outward movement.

G. In a cycle stand, the combination of a pair of axlebearing heads, a pair of iiexible side-members pivoted thereto, a pair of truss rods having their lower ends slidablyr connected with the bottom of one of said side members and having'their upper ends pivoted in said heads eccentrically relative to the pivotal points ot' said side members therein.

7. In a cycle stand, the combination of a pair of axlebearing heads provided with slots in their lower ends, a pair of lexible side-members pivoted thereto, a pair of toggle-jointed7 governing braces having their ends pivoted 10 to said side-members and their centers pivoted in the slots relative to the pivotal points of said side members therein. 15

CLIFTON E. SINGLE/ION.

Witnesses WM. D. NEILLnY, WILLIAM H. MOHR. 

